Hello!

# I have a list with several data frames:
mylist<-list(data.frame(a=1:2,b=2:3),
           data.frame(a=3:4,b=5:6),data.frame(a=7:8,b=9:10))
(mylist)

# I want to grab only one specific column from each list element
neededcolumns<-c(1,2,0)  # number of the column I need from each element of
the list

# Below, I am doing it using a loop:
newlist<-NULL
for(i in 1:length(mylist) ) {
  newlist[[i]]<-mylist[[i]] [neededcolumns[i]]
}
newlist<-do.call(cbind,newlist)
(newlist)

I was wondering if there is any way to avoid the loop above and make it
faster.
In reality, I have a much longer list, each of my data frames is much
larger and I have to do it MANY-MANY times.
Thanks a lot!

Dimitri Liakhovitski
gfk.com <http://marketfusionanalytics.com/>

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